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cord-254027-rndu5ake	Geldsetzer, Pascal	Using rapid online surveys to assess perceptions during infectious disease outbreaks: a cross-sectional survey on Covid-19 among the general public in the United States and United Kingdom	2020-03-17		.txt	text/plain	4720	260	56	Following an informed consent form, the questionnaire asked participants about i) the cause, current state, and future development of the Covid-19 epidemic; ii) the risk of a fatal disease course; iii) knowledge of symptoms and recommended healthcare-seeking behavior; iv) measures to prevent a Covid-19 infection; and v) their perception of the risk posed by individuals of East-Asian ethnicity in their . In order to investigate to what degree dis-and misinformation about Covid-19 has affected the general public's beliefs about the condition, participants were directly asked whether or not they believed several falsehoods listed on the WHO's "myth busters" website, (9) which the WHO selected because they had been circulating on social media.(10) Specifically, the questionnaire asked whether receiving a letter or package from China poses a risk of infection, and whether using hand dryers, rinsing your nose with saline, eating garlic, applying sesame oil to the skin, taking antibiotics, and vaccinating against pneumonia are effective in preventing a Covid-19 infection.	./cache/cord-254027-rndu5ake.txt	./txt/cord-254027-rndu5ake.txt